WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1946
Find out what all happened February to April 1946

The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations. (20. April 1946)

Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power. (28. March 1946)

The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published. (8. February 1946)

The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic. (1. February 1946)

Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors. (8. April 1946)

Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. (1. February 1946)

Aleutian Island earthquake: A 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo. (1. April 1946)

Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc. (5. March 1946)

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded. (29. March 1946)

Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. (6. March 1946)

The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea. (5. February 1946)

Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union were established. (18. March 1946)

The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership. (24. March 1946)

Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. (23. April 1946)

Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam. (2. March 1946)

ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. (15. February 1946)

The Bank of England is nationalised. (1. March 1946)

Formation of the Malayan Union. (1. April 1946)

Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11-month occupation. (5. April 1946)

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes. (29. April 1946)

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